Abe Bazouie is a Senior Software Engineer at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, with more than 20 years of hands-on experience across Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Linux, cloud infrastructure, automation, and security.
Throughout his career, he has worked with organizations including Zillow and the U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA, building and supporting production systems where reliability, performance, security, and automation are real engineering challenges, not just concepts.
That real-world experience shapes the way Abe teaches.
His courses are designed for people who want to build practical skills, not just memorize commands or definitions. He focuses on helping students understand how systems actually work, troubleshoot problems when things break, and develop the problem-solving mindset used by experienced engineers.
His technical background includes Linux administration, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, Terraform, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, troubleshooting, security, and reliability engineering.
Over the years, Abe has taught and mentored engineers in the United States and internationally, including system administrators, DevOps engineers, SREs, security professionals, and people working toward their first infrastructure engineering role.
Whether you’re improving your Linux skills, moving into DevOps or SRE, preparing for technical interviews, or becoming more confident working with production systems, Abe’s goal is to help you turn technical knowledge into skills you can actually use.
If you prefer learning through practical examples, real engineering scenarios, and clear explanations without unnecessary complexity, you’re in the right place.
Outside of Udemy, Abe also creates practical Linux, SRE, DevOps, and tech career content through CTRL+CHAOS.
